1. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT with a human touch 2010

2. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 FACULTY  Founded in 1998  Computer Science since 1967  1500 Master's degree students  150 Doctoral students  Ca. 200 staff, 17 professors  Annual intake of about 200 new students  Annual budget ca.13 m€ (7,7 m€ Government funding, 5,3 m€ project funding)  Active cooperation with the industry

3. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 AREAS OF STRENGHT  Scientific computing and its applications as an internationally acknowledged area of research  Information systems as a nationally acknowledged area of education  IT development projects by students for the needs of various organisations  High quality teaching of programming  COMAS graduate school offers high quality doctoral education

4. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 DEPARTMENTS  Computer Science and Information Systems - fields in natural science and economic science  Mathematical Information Technology - field in natural science Both departments are focused on teaching, research and co-operation with the industry and public organisations

5. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS  Information processing and the development and use of information systems as part of the activities of businesses and public organisations  Degrees awarded: Information Systems => M.Sc., Lic. or PhD (Econ.) Computer Science and Cognitive Science => M.Sc., Lic. or PhD

6. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 TEACHING (Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems)  Main areas of teaching - Enterprise Information Systems - Systems Development - Cognitive Science Including e.g. -Digital Media -Electronic Commerce -IT Management -Information Systems (Information Systems Development and Information Management)

7. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 RESEARCH (Dept. Of Computer Science and Information Systems)  Mission: to understand information systems and information processing comprehensively, including the implications they have, in the context in which they are used by their users  Information systems and information processing are studied from four major perspectives: - technological - human - business - information

8. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 FOUR MAJOR PERSPECTIVES OF RESEARCH at the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems  Technological: data mining, software production and techniques, mobile systems  Business: technology transfer, standardisation, electronic business networks, digital rights management, software business  Human: computer supported co-operative work, e-learning, computer ethics, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, human technology  Information: document management and modelling, data flow analysis, information systems development methods

9. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  Information technology is studied from the perspective of natural sciences  Central points are a strong basic understanding of mathematics and cooperation with industry  2 FiDiPro professors  Degrees: Mathematical Information Technology => M.Sc., Lic. or PhD (Phil.)

10. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 TEACHING (Department of Mathematical Information Technology)  Main areas of teaching - Basics of Mathematical Information Technology (~ CS) - Mobile systems - Software engineering - Simulation and optimisation - Teacher education - Mobile technology and business

11. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 RESEARCH AREAS (Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology)  Computational Sciences  Scientific Computing (e.g. modelling, simulation, control, numerical analysis, solvers)  Optimisation (e.g. multicriteria, nonsmooth, evolution and memetic algorithms)  Signal Processing and Data Mining (e.g. wireless communication, biophysical signals, clustering, neural networks, machine vision with applications)  Mobile Systems (e.g. QoS, CoS, Wimax)  Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering (e.g. semantic web, agent technologies, demanding software systems, multicultural software development)  Human and Educational Technology (e.g. virtual learning environments, content creation, project and programming studies)

12. UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ 2010 PhD EDUCATION  COMAS –Jyväskylä Graduate School in Computing and Mathematical Sciences –Five lines of education: Information Systems Software and Computational Engineering Scientific Computing and Optimisation Statistical Analysis and Computational Statistics Cognitive Science and Human Information Technology –provides Ph.D. students with funding and other support –Funded by Finnish Academy and by the university  INFORTE –Programme for those studying while full-time employed outside university –Provides top-professorial supervision and weekend seminars –Funded by European Structural Fund